Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce
Business Monthly
October 2012
Issue 28
2012 Hollyfest shaping up to be a stellar success
Remembering Jack Headlee
The Hilliard business community lost the American Legion and was a longtime member of Post #614. Jack was ala star in May when Jack Headlee passed away. Jack opened a laundromat in 1962 ways very active in the Hilliard community, where he served as a former city and in 1963 Jack’s Appliances began private box at the HunWe are requestright next door at its current location on councilman. He was a great supporter tington Park for a Cliping donations for our of the Hollyfest Scholarship Foundation pers baseball game for 20 Center Street. After he sold the LaunHollyfest Scholarship dromat, he expanded his appliance Auction that the Chamber sponsors. people including money Auction which will be business into that space. Jack always He and his wife, Lavonne, would attend towards refreshments, held on Friday, Nov. 9th felt that supporting local businesses often with their families. We remember among others! at the Makoy Center. The and schools was imperative. He was inJack with love and appreciation for all A wine wall will be Hollyfest Scholarship strumental in forming the Hilliard Area he did for the Hilliard community. in your name, please con- part of the silent auction Foundation provides the Chamber of Commerce with the late On Sunday, October 7, Jack was inwhere you can pick a tact the Chamber office, largest local scholarships ducted into the Senior Citizen 2012 Hall mystery bottle for a dona- Paul Rider and Reynold Rausch of the to graduates from Hilliard 876-7666. Dairy Queen. It was called the Hilliard of Fame posthumously at the Phyllis A. tion. You may receive an The public is invited City Schools totaling Business Owner’s Association in those Ernst Senior Center. Helen King was excellent bottle of wine to attend the Black and $31,000. The auction is also inducted. This is a very deserving once it has been revealed! days. White Bash where you the sole fundraiser for He was the oldest past commander of honor. Tickets are $85 each will have the opportunity this important cause. and include cocktails, to bid on silent and live We can accept donahors d’oeuvres and a auction items. Items in tions from area busistrolling dinner. Tables of the live auction at this nesses and individuals. and advocacy through our federal Ted Phlegar will be our ten are available for $975. time include: a week If you wish to donate a campaign to prespeaker at the October regulatory agenShawn Ireland, media tangible gift item or make away in an oceanfront serve democracy 19 luncheon at Heritage cies. personality, will be the condominium at Ft. a monetary donation for in the AmeriGolf Club, 3525 Heritage Reservations emcee for the evening. us to purchase something Myers Beach, jewelry, a can workplace, Club Dr., to provide upare required and protect workers’ to-date information on can be made by and employcurrent and proposed October 16 via Ted Phlegar the website or by ers’ rights, and November 30, Friday evening Novemregulations, laws, litigaOur Hollyfest Scholarship Auction, ber 30, and various duties during the tion and other events that block certain emailing info@ which will be held on Friday, November anti-competitive agenda day on Saturday, December 1. We have affect the labor arena. hilliardchamber.org. The 9, needs volunteers to assist in procuritems advocated by many The Workforce cost is $18 for members ing auction items, calling on businesses, 6,000 people attend and we need you to labor unions which are help to keep it to be the event not to be Freedom Initiative is a and $21 for the public. etc. This is a premier event in our comcurrently percolating missed during the holidays! grassroots mobilization munity and assists raising money for Call the office at 876-7666 or email students in our school district. We will have our Arts and Crafts Show the chamber at info@hilliardchamber. org to let us know you would like to give on Saturday, December 1 at Hilliard a few hours to help! It’s a great way to Davidson High School which entails get to know others in the community! working setup on Friday morning,
Chamber luncheon set for Oct. 19
Assist your chamber and meet others: Volunteer!
Member anniversaries Tom Rankin 21 years: Hilliard-Rome Chiropractic and Rehab Co., P.C. – Dr. Greg Richards 18 years: Coles & Associates LLC, CPA’s – Laura Coles 12 years: Central Ohio Transit Authority – Belinda Taylor
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Chair’s Perspective
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Verified Job Board partnership provides human resources tools for members The Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce has entered into a strategic partnership with New Hire Facts and 104.9 The River to provide an innovative job board service for their members. New Hire Facts is an investigative agency that has specialized in background checking services for over 20 years. This new product, The Verified Job Board, is a job-seeker driven program that allows applicants to create an online resume portfolio called a Verified Professional Identity, or VPI. Each VPI can have the identity, education, employment and background of each applicant verified by a staff of investigative professionals. Only then is it submitted to The Verified Job Board and the job-seeker begins his employment search. Employers are battling a myriad of HR issues
every day: resume fraud, time constraints, budget issues, etc., especially in a small or mediumsized business. Properly verifying a candidate’s background can be time consuming, costly, and often becomes a hitor-miss operation. This new concept will allow employers to receive only verified applicants for every job posting on www. VerifiedJobBoard.com. “We have spent over 4 years developing this system and now have the ideal platform that performs well for both job-seekers and employers of all sizes.” said D. Scott Ehlers, president and CEO of New Hire Facts. “By using The Verified Job Board, the jobseekers of central Ohio will acquire the visibility and validation they need to compete in today’s business environment and employers should see a tremendous savings
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in their HR budgets as well.” This partnership will allow The Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce to provide a powerful, innovative business platform for their members, enabling them to post jobs and reduce HR costs. Job posting services for members is free through Dec. 31, 2013, and the plan offers a 50% discount thereafter. For more information, click the Verified Job Board link on the chamber’s website, or contact New Hire Facts at info@newhirefacts.com for more details.
Thanks to the Hilliard Community
I would like to thank the Hilliard community for coming out to our 3rd Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo. Your support of our newest premier event has been outstanding. In just three Tom Baker years we have gone from just over 600 people in attendance to over 1300 this year. This support indicates your appreciation of our restaurant’s menu samples, and our business vendor’s generous support and advice. Your attendance also indicates your willingness to support your small business owners in Hilliard. I truly believe there is very little reason for our community to leave the Hilliard area to make our purchases and this Expo is our chance to show you why that is the case. I have spoken in the past what you’re buying local means to our business community and our community in general, but this cannot be ever voiced too often. And you deserve to be thanked when you step up like you did on August 15th and came out in big numbers in support of our businesses. I also would not want to forget to list here some of what your Chamber of Commerce does in support of the community: 1. We sponsor the largest local scholarship given to high school graduates in the Hilliard City School District each year by giving three $8,000 scholarships to each high school, three $2,000 one-time scholarships in addition to a $1,000 award to a Hilliard student who attends Tolles Career & Technical Center. 2. Our individual member businesses generously support our school student extracurricular activities with contributions and sponsorships. 3. We bring in thousands from in and out of town who attend the Hollyfest Arts & Crafts Show every holiday season, highlighting the Hilliard area community to the central Ohio area and beyond. Again, thank you and see you next year at the Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo.
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